conference this morning. one month after former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky's conviction, penn state knows the price the school has to pay in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. >> reporter: the program was fined $60 million and will not be allowed to participate in post bowl games for four years. there will not be an appeal. with a long list of penalties, the ncaa crippled the penn state football for years. >> no price the ncaa can levy can repair the grievous damage inflicted by sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics.

>> reporter: shocked students watched. a $60million fine equals to one-year gross revenue of the program. that monly will go to child abuse or assist the victims. a ban on post season bowl games and all wins vacated, a loss of 20 scholarships per year over four years and five years on probation. >> i don't think it's necessary. i don't think they have the authority to do something like this. >> reporter: it could have been worse. the ncaa could have suspended the program. it's only been used before at smu in the late 80s. >> suspension of the program would bring significant unintended harm to many who had nothing to did with this case. >> yesterday penn state removed the statue of joe paterno.

>> and joe paterno's family released a statement. it reads in part, the sanctions announced by the ncaa defaming the legacy and contributions of a great coach and educator without input from our families or those who knew him best. they went on to say they do not believe the sanctions are a fair and thoughtful action and describe them as a panicked response to the public's understandable repull son at what sandusky did. questions. that's what some are calling them. some may be worse than the so-called death penalty that the school had feared. brian kuebler continuing the coverage. >> reporter: the ncaa said taking away football all together at penn state was too broad of a punishment and that the sanctions they did change will help choose the culture there a move spurring plenty of debate. this morning at 9:00 sharp the

other shoe finally dropped. >> one of the grave dangers is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail, indeed, too big to even challenge. the result can be an erosion of academic values that are replaced by the value of hero worship and winning at all cost. >> reporter: the cost, of course, was inmeasurable but one the ncaa tried to help with a $60 million fine and banned the power house from the post season for four years, all of this to change the culture at penn state which allowed for one of the worst crimes in history. it's a punishment many in baltimore felt were too broad. >> i wouldn't say too harsh. it's not a football issue. the ncaa made in a football issue. >> reporter: the president of the penn state alumni

association, spooking only for him section of he believes the actions taken by the ncaa are hurting more than the people criminally responsible, leak throws current penn state football players who had no comment for reporters today as they walked out of the university complex or even the local recruits that list penn state as one of their options come 2013. the sanctions are pervasive and affect every part of the once touchable program forcing people to now balance their loyalty with a dark reality. >> demoralizing. it's sad. i think part of you sad for the university, but you still feel horrible for the kids. >> now this morning's announcement comes on the heels of the joe paterno statue taken

down. brian cube lerks website -- kuebler, abc2 news. >> we want to know what you think about the sanctions. do you think they went too far or not far enough. right there you can sound off. today's sanctions are considered some of the toughest ever handed down by the ncaa. two years ago the ncaa put the university of southern california on a two-year bowl ban and four years probaismghts the penalty was handed down to giving gifts to heisman trophy winner reggie burchlt the university of alabama was put on probation for five years. both of those were not as harsh as penn state. penn state's is the toughest since southern methodist university was given the so-called death penalty in 1986. as a result, 1987 season was

canceled and all 1988 home games were canceled and the team was bowled from -- banned from bowl games until 1990. a couple of passing clouds. for the most part we're relatively rain treatment of a healthy thunderstorm north of harford county, some rain edging in over the state line into northern harford county. humidity extremely high helping to fuel those showers and the heat index values, man it is sticky out there feeling like the low to mid-90s, heat plus humidity. it will feel like the 90s for a while. we'll stalk about how the weather will develop. we were got those details coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. the man accused of masterminding friday's deadly shooting was in court today. the community is turning their attention away from the accused

gunman to those who were hurt. >> ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: sass aurora try -- as aurora tries to turn the corner, families met with the president who refused to say the name of the shooter. >> i come to them not so much as a president but as a father and husband oar he mentioned two names, ali young and stephanie davis who went to the midnight show together. >> ali stood up and was immediately shot. stephanie dropped down to the gown with her, applied pressure the entire time while the gunman was shooting. oar poor because of that, the death toll was one fewer. jon blunk shielded his give --

girlfriend. just like matt mcquinn. jesse childress die n. front of his friend. rebecca wingo was a mother of two. jessica ghawi survived another shooting just last month. >> she had an epiphany at that moment. >> reporter: the youngest victim was just six years old, veronica moser sullivan who's mom is in critical condition and pregnant. how the shooting affected her pregnancy isn't clear. in that colorado court rule, the accused gunman approached the judge and a sea of onlookers. >> reporter: with dyed orange hair, 24-year-old james holmes

sat silent in a colorado courtroom looking dazed and tired. >> you're currently being held on a no-bond hold. >> reporter: this is our first look at holmes since free day morning when he opened fire inside a movie theater killing 12 people, injurying dozens more. >> i'm trying to not deal with the anger. it's a decision when you feel like you can forgift guy but you know he's going to get justice. >> reporter: holmes is being held on a single murder charge. >> i would say there's no such thing as a slam dunk case f is a case -- case. it is a case where we're looking at the evidence. >> reporter: police spent weekend detonating booby traps inside holmes' apartment and removing explosives. they're combing through his computer saying his home was

full of batman paraphernalia. today's hearing also comes after an emotional weekend for aurora. thousands attended a prayer vigil and president obama met with the victims' families. while the d.a. is considering the death penalty, she said first she wants to consult the families. >> victims will be impacted in an enormous way if the death penalty is sought. he will be in court monday for an arraignment. >> can you hear me. >> reporter: yes, i can. holmes will be in court on monday for his arainment. that's when we will find out what charges he's facing. >> the orange hair, any talk of

an insanity plea in this case? >> reporter: that's what everybody's talking about. did this guy have a mental break because of the way he was appearing in corporate some -- court. some say this could be an act. as you can see he's a pretty smart guy. he has a degree in newer rope science. others are questioning whether he was given a sedative before going to court. >> thank you for that live report. coming up, she's got a new show starting in september, a live interview with katie couric just minutes away. >> and two young men from middle river on their way from college orientation killed in a crash. how they're being remembered today. >> plus, they both suspended their campaign friday, how the presidential candidates are handling the colorado shooting

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we couldn't be more excited about the launch of katie couric's new show. katie couric joins us live in the studio. >> thank you for having me. >> tell us about the show. this looks really cool. >> i'm excited. it's an afternoon daytime talk show. we'll be doing it live. we'll be able to take topical stories, for example, that terrible story in colorado. we could go live and go deeper in the story. sally ride just passed away from pancreatic cancer. we can talk about cancer research. whether it's kids, tech follow jirks meacialghts suicides, which are happening at a rate of one a day.

more people are killing themselves than were killed in the war in afghanistan. there are a lot of serious and important topics i want to explore. i also want to have a lot of fun. i think this will run the gamut. we will have, as i said, important issues to discuss and a lot of fun topics sweeling. >> a lot of topics that hit home. >> emmae going through a period in my life where a lot of people can relate to it. i'm raising teenagers, which can be very challenging. i'm caring for my mom who's older after my dad passed away. relationships and the society as a whole. a lot of things i'm interested in are things that a lot of us care about. that's my cute assistant merry digits kennedy.

that's netta, a uva student. she's an intern at our show. it will give me the opportunity to roll up our sleeves and dig deep. to be able to sit down and fully explore a topic that you've only been hearing about in bits of pieces so you can have an informed opinion rather than having an opinion at the spur of the moment, i think will be a wonderful opportunity for me because ema going to learn along with the audience. >> we've got a lot of calls. people want to know how they can be on the show, get involved. >> they can go to katie couric.com and get tickets. we have a live studio audience every day. i'm so down with drake because you only live once. basically, i'm going to do some things that i've always wanted to do like ride in a race car

with danica patrick. we want top ask people what's on their bucket list. what's yours? >> duck pin bowling. it's going to be a fun chance to make people's dreams come true. >> thank you very much. >> the show starts september 10th, 4:00. we'll have a lot more on the show as we get ready for the big day in baltimore. check them out at abc2news.com/katie. so, kelly, i have to concentrate on weather now with katie couric in the studio.

>> no pressure. >> weather wise quiet. a very humid day for katie to visit us in baltimore. steamy conditions. some of the weather in motion. you can see the sky dropping. we have some hazy skies, muggy. laurel they had the sprinklelers firing -- sprinklers fire firing. in kent island you can see that humidity, muggy conditions across the mighty chess peek. 86 degrees. overall a muggy afternoon. some spots are hotter, temperatures around 90. the highs did reach briefly into the mid-90s. with the humidity it feels steamier than that. 97 actually with that heat index value. all right. here's the overall setup. more showers and thunder showers

surrounding maryland but not too much in state with one renegade storm in northern harford county. most of us sitting pretty and hot conditions will continue to flow in tomorrow. we'll be back in the mid-90s. there will be a better chance for storms. you think it's hot in baltimore. check out st. louis lantd des moines, baking -- and des moines, baking at 105. hit and miss showers for the rest of the evening. the better chance through the day tomorrow. as we look into the outlook, 74 degrees, an early storm. it does stay steamy. tomorrow 93. sun and clouds and a couple of afternoon clouds. tomorrow down to 6 1-800-a lingering storm. as we check out the pattern, you can see that the setup will be continued hot weather through tuesday of this week. as we move into of the week, conditions will be in the upper 80s, upper 80s to

near 90 degrees. >> all right. thanks a lot, wyatt. >> we want it get you updated on breaking news, actually katy just mentioned. sally ride, the first american woman in space has lost her 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. read used her profile to encourage children, especially girls, to stick with their interest in science. she founded the sally ride science and company in 2001, a company dedicated to that end. sally ride was 61 years old. coming up, the shootings in colorado will certainly take a lifetime of healing for the survivors and their families. find out how it could affect your physical and mental health as well. >> ed using youtube to relief dizziness. how viral videos may be aiding in the treatment of vertigo when

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